Gaming System Ideas?

Normally I am laptop gamer, but my desktop is due for full upgrade. Looking at around a $1500 budget, I tend to prefer AMD for the bang vs buck, but looking at Intel solutions. It is easy enough to pick some components and toss em together, but it's fun to discuss as well.

Normally I am laptop gamer, but my desktop is due for full upgrade. Looking at around a $1500 budget, I tend to prefer AMD for the bang vs buck, but looking at Intel solutions. It is easy enough to pick some components and toss em together, but it's fun to discuss as well.

Thoughts on which routes I should go, AMD/Intel, motherboard and GPU?

Cheers

Take a look at the last Narwhal build. It's within your budget and you can just build a new one vs upgrading an old computer. And many of the parts are cheaper than when the build was initially put out.

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for cpu take the NH-D14 instead? (dual radiator + 2 fans fans compared to single radiator + 2 fans)
would make the budget end just below 1300.
also get a http://us.ncix.com/products/?sku=671...C&promoid=1030 instead (same card different brand $100 saved, unless performance hit is too big from not getting a Ghz edition card)